#aaaaa them

they ARE

they care about each other so much, and they have mutual trust built up. theyre also consistently there for each other when the other is feeling scared or alone. they both want to be more than friends but obviously theyre scared to do anything, so theyre just pining and they think the other is straight and :((((

oh my god you're SO RIGHT. i can see it so vividly.

One aspect of Kaeya I've never seen discussed is the fact that he... possibly blames Diluc for their father's death.

In the Manhua, when telling the reader about Diluc's backstory, Kaeya explicitly states that Diluc "turned 18 and killed his old man" (note the accusatory tone, intended to imply Diluc killed their father for selfish reasons). This lines up with his character story in game.

Which seems all good and fine at a glance - Diluc had to kill their father due to his pain.

Except.. this doesn't quite match up with Diluc's character story or the actual scene in the Manhua.

Now to be fair, it could simply be a case of either not wanting the Manhua to be too gorey, or not needing that detail in Diluc's character story. It's not disproved. At most, it's more implied in the Manhua that Crepus kind of... dissolved into dust, which you can somewhat see in the picture above, particularly at his legs.

The point is, the only time Diluc is mentioned to have killed his father is from Kaeya's POV. Which truthfully can be quite easily explained as to why it's only from Kaeya but...

What truly makes me think Kaeya blames Diluc for the death of their father is this line from Venti's story quest:

Notably, Kaeya is prettt tipsy at this time, and this is also the only time her refers to crepus as "Father" (updated to a capital F since launch too!) instead of "Diluc's Father".

The whole line is.... bitter. Kaeya seems at worst upset and angry with Diluc - accusing him of throwing away their father's legacy just by selling off the manor, nevermind the fact that Diluc inherited the family business and boosted it's profits. It's accusatory and I'd go so far as to say that Kaeya is pretty much implicating that Diluc is a disappointment to the family name.

Combine this with the previous info, and it's quite easy to paint the picture that Kaeya thinks Diluc is at least somewhat to blame for their father's death, and is angry and bitter for it.

I personally think this is a very interesting angle, because Kaeya himself felt extremely guilty for being temporarily relieved for Crepus's death. It makes me wonder if Kaeya shifted the blame to Diluc after their fight and when Diluc left Mondstadt, possibly because Kaeya was bitter about their fight. During the attack itself, Diluc was the only vision-wielder and a captain of the knights - Kaeys could also see Crepus's death as a failure on Diluc to protect the people around him.